So McKinnie would plant himself in front of a big-screen TV with a plate of wings, and watch the Golden State Warriors compete in the N.B.A. playoffs without him, which was understandable since the Warriors had never heard of him. It was the spring of 2016, and the glamour of big-time basketball felt very far away. “I probably ate everything off that menu.”At the time, McKinnie was fresh off an eight-month stretch playing for one of the worst teams in Luxembourg’s second division — Luxembourg’s second division! “I just felt like that was where I wanted to be in life, and that was where I belonged.”

Source: New York Times November 06, 2018 12:46 UTC